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Category Archives: Donald Trump
Political Scientist: Trump Is A ‘Wrecking Ball’ Against The Conservative Establishment
Daily Caller: George Hawley, a professor of political science at the University of Alabama and author of the new book “Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism,” talked with The Daily Caller this week about the Trump phenomenon and how it is … Continue reading
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The Trump Doctrine: Peace Through Strength
Professor Peter Navarro writes: Those who insist Donald Trump has no foreign policy are simply not listening. The “Trump Doctrine” is a page right out of Ronald Reagan’s playbook: peace through economic and military strength. Trump knows the key to … Continue reading
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Conservative Female Media Ask Trump to Fire Campaign Manager
Mike Cernovitch tweets: “The gender card is being played. It’s wrong, but we are used to this. Now “conservative” women are doing it!” REPORT: Donald Trump should immediately fire Corey Lewandowski following the battery charge lodged against his campaign manager … Continue reading
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Trump Is A Realist
From Politico: Trump’s basic philosophy of living, instilled by his fiercely ambitious, workaholic father, enforced by the tough-as-nails coach at his military high school and honed over a lifetime of ruthless deal-making, is fairly simple and severe: Life is mainly … Continue reading
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Why a Stanford grad joined the Trump revolt
Charlotte Allen writes: I went to Stanford, and I voted for Donald Trump. So did my husband. He went to Yale… The common wisdom is that the majority of Trump’s supporters are barely literate knuckle-draggers. They’re “low-information,” in the words … Continue reading
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How is Trump going to stop Muslims immigrating to the US?
Chaim Amalek: “I HAVE THE ANSWER. By adopting a policy of reciprocal immigration with all of the world’s countries, uniformly. The policy is simple: in the interest of population balance (what could be fairer?), America declares that it will not … Continue reading
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Was Donald Trump sufficiently deferential to the Jews at AIPAC?
Is Donald Trump under control? It’s not clear. That’s why I can’t sleep at night. Paul Ciotti: How deferential is deferential enough? I remember Bill Clinton saying he “would grab a gun, jump in a ditch and die for Israel.” … Continue reading
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Prescient! NYT In January: Donald Trump Finds New City to Insult: Brussels
New York Times Jan. 27, 2016: LONDON — He incensed Paris and London by saying that some of their neighborhoods were so overrun with radicals that the police were too scared to enter. He raised Scottish tempers by threatening to … Continue reading
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The ADL Struggles To Control The Overton Window
Donald Trump has expanded what you are permitted to say publicly and some Jewish groups such as the ADL fear this free speech and want to destroy it. They want to be able to set the boundaries on permitted speech. … Continue reading
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